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August 2014
UCSF Alliance Health Project
Upon completion of the symposium, participants will be able to: 1. Describe how homosexuality and gender issues have been historically viewed by mental health organizations; 2. Identify common mental health disparities for members of LGBTQ communities; 3. Explicate the current theory for the development of these disparities; 4. List and explain the main areas of current LGBTQ mental and behavioral health research; 5. Identify research deficits and an agenda for future research necessary to mitigate these deficits.
Find out more »October 2011
“Women’s Health: Past, Present, and Future” – Dr. Vivian Pinn Lecture and Reception
On October 26, 2011, UCLA will host Dr. Vivian Pinn, the former Associate Director of the National Institutes of Health Office on Research on Women's Health. Her lecture on women's health will take place at the UCLA Neuroscience Research Building from 12-1:00 pm, and will be followed by a reception to honor her retirement from 1-2:30 pm. For more information on the lecture, please contact: Lee Goodglick, PhD, 310-825-9134. For information on the reception, please contact Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MSPH, 310-206-5159.
Find out more »May 2006
Being Multiracial in America: Evidence from the 2000 Census and the 2004 American Community Survey
Much has been made about the introduction of the new race question in the federal statistical system that allowed individuals to choose more than one race. The goal of this talk is to examine some of this data and review the implications for understanding the racial composition of America. Three particularly important issues concern: 1) the growth trajectory of this population; 2) the socioeconomic heterogeneity that exists within subgroups of the multiracial populations; and 3) the significance of this population as it affects denominational estimates of rates in health statistics and other related data. Implications for American Indian/ Alaska Native populations will be discussed.
Find out more »Cultural Competence and Quality of Care: A Roadmap for Reducing Mental Health Care Disparities in Latinos
Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to and quality of health care constitute a major national public health problem that greatly challenge the US health systems of care. The recently published AHRQ's 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report reported that, while health care disparities (including mental health) seem to be narrowing overall for most ethnic minority populations, disparities have worsened for Latinos in both access to and quality of care measures. This presentation will provide a roadmap to reducing mental health disparities in Latinos by addressing how quality of care is linked to issues of cultural and linguistic competence in the clinical encounter between providers and children, adolescents and their families and to issues of workforce diversity and development. It concludes with some recommendations and a call to action to shore up the widening gap in mental health care disparities in Latinos.
Find out more »November 2005
Hurricane Katrina: Bringing the People and the Issues Home
A Public Educational Forum on Natural Disasters, Social Justice and the Law Presented by the UCLA School of Law Critical Race Studies
Find out more »October 2005
Ethnic Identity among Immigrant Youth: A Cross National Perspective
In this presentation, Dr. Phinney will discuss results from an international study of over 5000 immigrant youth who were surveyed in 13 immigrant-receiving countries. The study explored the relationship of ethnic identity to national identity and to acculturation, the role of ethnic identity in psychological adaptation, variation in individual profiles of identity, and similarities and differences across countries and ethnic groups. The results suggest four different profiles of cultural identity, including bicultural, ethnic, national, and diffuse. These profiles vary in their relationship to adaptation and in their distribution across contexts. Ethnic identity among immigrant youth can best be understood in terms of complex interactions among the attitudes and characteristics of immigrants and the contexts in which they live.
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